The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.